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A Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one click (www.mikrobitti.fi)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really doubt anything escaped the browser, but websites can make nefarious connections, sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hope so. It's more likely something infected Firefox itself, and didn't get into the OS. But when I checked the modem logs, it happened up to a couple of months after the fact. That's worrying.

What's even more worrying is that a couple of websites told me I had an IP address that didn't match my home IP, but would provide the correct one if I refreshed the page a couple of times. So some kind of covert proxy or VPN type of thing was happening.

I ended up just wiping everything, to be safe. Still a bit paranoid though.